Grader and ditcher.



L M. WILLIAMS.

GRADER AND DITGHER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.14, 1911.

1,015,465. Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

Witnesses lfiventor Attorneys.

- To all whom it may concern:

UNITED LAWSON M. WILLIAMS, or I-IVENRYJNORT'H CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR or?ONE-HALF To GEORGE M. CHAPMAN, ornosrrc, NORTH CAROLINA. i

GRALoER Ann DITCHER.

Speificatioriof ietters Patent.

Patented' Jan. 23.19 12.

Application filed February 14,1911. "Serial .No. 608,520.

Be it known that I, LAwsoN M. Wnmmirs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Henry, in the county of Catawba and State of North Carolina,have invented a new and useful Grader and Ditcher, of whichithefollowing is a specification. 4

This invention has relation to graders and ditchers and consists in. thenovel construction and arrangement of its after shown and described.

The object of the inventionis to provide in a grader and ditcher anearth engaging member with a draft means pivotally mounted thereon andadapted to be secured in an adjusted position upon the earth engagingmember whereby the said member parts as hereinmay serve as means forbreaking the groundor means for casting soil to one side or the;

other.

The device also includes structural de-' tails which will be explainedhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thegrader and tion which is consequently at the same level as the upperedges of the boards 1. A point 3 is detachably mounted upon the forwardends of the side boards 1 and bridges the edge at which the forward endsof the said boards meet. A cross bolt 4: passes through the forward endportionsof the side boards 1 and also through the opposite end portionsof the strut 2 and serves as means for assisting in bracing the forwardportion of the earth engaging member.

A strut 5 is interposed between the rear, end portions of the sideboards 1 andis secured at its ends against the inner faces of the saidside boards. The intermediatepo tion of the strut 5 is slightly elevatedwith relation to the upper edges of the said side boards 1. The strut 5is preferably formed from sheet metal and is provided at its rearportion with an upstanding flange 6 which is provided with end recesses7 and an intermediate recess 8. The ends of the flange 6 A strut 2 isinterposedat the said recesses 6 and 7 are. undercut for .a purposewhich will be hereinafter explained. The plate of which the strut 5 isformed is provided in the vicinity of the ends of the" said strut withupstanding braces 8 which serve in part as supporting means for handles9 with which the grader andditoher is provided.

"The draft means 10. is pivoted at a point intermediate its ends upon'astud 12 which in turn is mounted'upon the intermediate portion of thestrut 2; The rear portion of the beam 10 extends transversely across thestrut 5 and is projected beyond the rear end" 1 thereof and formed intoa handle extremity 13. The opposite edge portions ofthe beam 10 in thevicinity of the flange 6 formed at the rear edge of'the strut; 5 arebeveled as at 14: and this beveled portion of the said beam is adaptedto rest in any one of the recesses 7 and 8 provided in the said flange6. By reason of the factthat the end walls of the recesses are undercutand the edges of the beam 1O arebeveledas at 14 when the said beam 'ispositioned in any particular recess it will" be effectually held thereinun less removed by one using'the' handle ex tremity 13.1 and swingingthe rear end portion of the b'eaminan upward direction so *that itslower surface is carried above the "upper edge of the flange 6. Whenthis is t done "the saidbeam 10 maybe swung upon the stud 12 so thatthebeam may be positioned in any other recess. By this arrangementitwill be seen that whenthe rear portion of the beam 10 is located in therecess 4 so" r 8 that the said beam is midway between the $16.6 boards 1and therefore the earth en:

gaging member of whichthe boards 1 and point 3 form component parts maybeused as an earth breaking device. When however a the rear portion ofthe beam 10 is seated in one or the other of the recesses 7 "in theflange 6 the said beam 10 will be approxi- ,mately over one of the sideboards 1 and "re-' 7 Therefore the board i mote from the other.

from. whichthe beam is remote will serve as 5 means for casting theearth to one side. The I point 3 is detachable and may be removed fromthe forward end portions of the side boards 1 for sharpening or forsubstitution.

Having described the invention what I.

claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z A grader andditcher,

comprising a memoer made of two converging side boards, a strutinterposed between the rear end portions of the side boards for holdingthe same spaced, said strut being provided with two integral rearflanges projecting upwardly therefrom and providing a central recess,said strut being further provided with two upstanding right angled armsat the rear corners thereof, said arms eo-aoting with the ends of saidflanges to form two recesses therebetween, and a bar forming a draft barfor regulating the angle at which the grader and ditcher is drawn, saidbar being pivoted to the forward end of said side boards and having itsrear end extended rearwardly of the strut and adapted. to rest in eitherone of said recesses formed by the flanges of the strut and theupstanding arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

LAWSON M. WILLIAM S.

Witnesses:

M. A. ABERNETHY, GEO. W. HAHN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

